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Siddhant Kakkar

Siddhant Kakkar

Senior Software Engineer
Dehradun

Summary

Experienced professional with over 3.5 years of expertise in leading cross-functional teams and managing projects from initiation to successful delivery within defined timelines and budgets. Proficient in implementing Agile and Scrum methodologies to enhance team collaboration, streamline workflows, and achieve project objectives effectively. Skilled in resource planning, task prioritization, and stakeholder engagement, ensuring alignment between technical deliverables and business goals. Adept at facilitating clear communication between technical teams and business stakeholders to drive project success. Strong commitment to process optimization, identifying opportunities for improvement, and fostering continuous enhancement in dynamic, fast-paced environments.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience
5
5
Certifications

Work History

Senior Software Engineer

TEKsystems
09.2024 - Current
  • Led the Data Center Migration project for 600+ servers, aligning with business objectives and achieving a 15% cost reduction through efficient planning and execution.
  • Facilitated daily stand-ups, sprint planning sessions, and retrospectives to improve efficiency and accountability in various teams as Scrum Master.
  • Monitored and defined project timelines, budgets, and deliverables, ensuring on-time completion and achieving an 80% reduction in deployment delays.
  • Promoted cross-functional teamwork to streamline CI/CD pipeline deployments, ensuring seamless integration and delivery. Fostered collaboration among cross-functional teams, mitigating risks, and ensuring timely project delivery.
  • Led an Integration Project to connect client systems with CRM tools like HubSpot, Salesforce, and Bullhorn for real-time data sharing. Ensured systems were robust, reliable, and consistent through proactive monitoring and rigorous testing.

Software Engineer

TEKsystems
09.2022 - 08.2024
  • Facilitated Scrum ceremonies, driving alignment and engagement across teams.
  • Integrated DevSecOps practices into development workflows, reducing vulnerabilities by 30%.
  • Managed critical outages, serving as the primary communication link between senior leadership and technical teams to resolve issues promptly.
  • Designed and implemented blue/green and canary deployment strategies, achieving zero downtime for key releases.
  • Designed practices for better system oversight and quicker issue resolution.
  • Helped the team in migrating their code to production in 100+ deployments and helped them to resolve the deployment time issues.

Associate Engineer

TEKsystems
07.2021 - 08.2022
  • Collaborated with security teams to implement DevSecOps practices, integrating vulnerability scanning, container security, and compliance checks into the CI/CD pipelines
  • Handled 3 Major Incidents where we need to communicate and resolve the outage/issues to multiple teams and Senior Leadership of Allegis Group.
  • Supported multiple production deployments and handled the production issues during and post deployments
  • Managed the prod support team, helped in improving the Mean time to acknowledge and Mean time to Resolve
  • Led the design and implementation of blue/green and canary deployment strategies, ensuring zero-downtime deployments and minimizing risk during releases
  • Introduced observability practices by embedding logging, metrics, and tracing in all applications to enable faster root cause identification and better visibility into production issues

Education

B.Tech - Computer Science

DIT University
Dehradun
04.2001 -

12th ISC -

Doon Presidency School
04.2001 -

10th ICSE -

Doon Presidency School
04.2001 -

Skills

Agile and Scrum Methodologies: Proficient in leading Agile teams, conducting sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups, ensuring timely delivery of project goals

Project Management: Skilled in managing project lifecycles, defining scopes, tracking progress, mitigating risks, and ensuring on-time and within-budget delivery

Team Leadership: Experience in guiding cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration, and aligning team efforts with organizational objectives

Stakeholder Management: Adept at communicating with stakeholders to gather requirements, provide updates, and ensure alignment with business goals

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Certification

MuleSoft Certified Developer- Level 1

Interests

Travelling

Cafe Hopping

Sports

Timeline

Senior Software Engineer

TEKsystems
09.2024 - Current

Software Engineer

TEKsystems
09.2022 - 08.2024

Associate Engineer

TEKsystems
07.2021 - 08.2022

B.Tech - Computer Science

DIT University
04.2001 -

12th ISC -

Doon Presidency School
04.2001 -

10th ICSE -

Doon Presidency School
04.2001 -

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